leave holding the bag (verb) abdicate: give up a right, position, or power
Sinonime: askance, askant, aslant,
awry,
bent, buckled, catawampus, cockeyed, crookedly,
curved, knotted, lopsided,
oblique, obliquely, off-center, slanted, slanting, to one side, topsy-turvey, turned,
twisted, yaw ways, zigzag
Antonime: assert,
assume,
challenge,
claim,
defend,
defy,
hold,
maintain,
remain,
retain,
treasure,
usurp